Dr. Doddridge's Dog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABAB ACAC DEDE FGFG HIHI AJAJ DKDKWhat you Dr Doddridge's dog and not know who made you | A |
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My little dog who blessed you | A |
With such white toothy pegs | B |
And who was it that dressed you | A |
In such a lot of legs | B |
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Perhaps he never told you | A |
Perhaps you know quite well | C |
And beg me not to scold you | A |
For you can't speak to tell | C |
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I'll tell you little brother | D |
In case you do not know | E |
One only not another | D |
Could make us two just so | E |
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You love me Quiet I'm proving | F |
It must be God above | G |
That filled those eyes with loving | F |
He was the first to love | G |
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One day he'll stop all sadness | H |
Hark to the nightingale | I |
Oh blessed God of gladness | H |
Come doggie wag your tail | I |
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That's Thank you God He gave you | A |
Of life this little taste | J |
And with more life he'll save you | A |
Not let you go to waste | J |
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He says now Live together | D |
And share your bite and sup | K |
And then he'll say Come hither | D |
And lift us both high up | K |
George Macdonald
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